Your text describes four styles of communication apprehension:

average style, insensitive style, inflexible style, and confrontation style. Briefly describe each one.

What will be an ideal response?


1) Average style—generally positive approach to communicating in public; overall heart rate is average when speaking publicly.
2) Insensitive style—previous experience in public speaking; because of the experience, speaker tend to be less sensitive to apprehension when speaking; lower heart rate when speaking.
3) Inflexible style—highest heart rate when speaking; some use this to enhance performance; fear motivates them to prepare and be at their best.For others, the anxiety of the style creates so much tension that their speaking performance is diminished.
4) Confrontational style—very high heart rate at the beginning of the presentation and then heart rate tapers off to more average levels; characteristic of more experienced speakers or people with at least some public-speaking background.

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